Nevada Code § 293.269923

Persons authorized to return mail ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of mail ballot; penalty
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, at the request of a voter whose mail ballot has been prepared by
or on behalf of the voter, a person authorized by the voter may return the mail
ballot on behalf of the voter by mail or personal delivery to the county clerk,
or any ballot drop box established in the county, pursuant to NRS 293.269921 .
2. Except for an election board officer in
the course of the election board officers official duties, a person shall not
willfully:
(a) Impede, obstruct, prevent or interfere with
the return of a voters mail ballot;
(b) Deny a voter the right to return the voters
mail ballot; or
(c) If the person receives the voters mail
ballot and authorization to return the mail ballot on behalf of the voter by
mail or personal delivery, fail to return the mail ballot, unless otherwise
authorized by the voter, by mail or personal delivery:
(1) Before the end of the third day after
the day of receipt, if the person receives the mail ballot from the voter four
or more days before the day of the election; or
(2) Before the deadline established by the
United States Postal Service for the mail ballot to be postmarked on the day of
the election or before the polls close on the day of the election, as
applicable to the type of delivery, if the person receives the mail ballot from
the voter three or fewer days before the day of the election.
3. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 2 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided
in NRS 193.130 .

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